ISLAMABAD, OCT 4: The PTI on Sunday asserted that the main reason for the breakdown of its talks with the Centre was that the latter refused to incorporate terms regarding access to incarcerated party founder Imran Khan into a proposed agreement. Hours-long negotiations yesterday between an opposition delegation comprising the PTI and Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP), and a joint team of the government and PPP, ended in a deadlock. While the federal government blamed the PTI for the failure of negotiations, the main opposition party denied the allegations and claimed that theRead More

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has agreed to play his constitutional role if the president and prime minister deem governor’s rule or an emergency necessary in the province, stated a statement issued on Sunday. The agreement came during a meeting between Kundi and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi at Governor House, Peshawar, according to the statement. The meeting came a day after the government-opposition negotiations aimed at averting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) October 4 long march on Islamabad collapsed. PTI — which rules KP — and a delegation from theRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 4: /DNA/ – The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has achieved a historic and remarkable milestone by successfully retrieving more than 1,000 kanal of prime land in Sector E-12, Islamabad, worth billions of rupees, after a wait of nearly 40 years. This extraordinary achievement marks a major breakthrough in the Authority’s efforts to protect valuable public assets and revive the planned development of one of Islamabad’s important sectors. The long awaited recovery has been accomplished on the directions of the Honourable Minister for Interior, Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, andRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 4 /DNA/ – The East-West Center Alumni Association (EWCA) Islamabad Chapter, in collaboration with the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) and Rotary Club Islamabad Metropolitan, organised a tree plantation drive at the university’s Faculty of Environmental Sciences, with more than 150 students participating in the activity. The plantation drive was led by EWCA Islamabad Chapter President Tayyaba Gul, Professor and Acting Chairman of the Department of Environmental Sciences Dr Asad Ghufran, and Secretary General Faiz Paracha. Rotary Club Islamabad Metropolitan President Mian Shaukat Masood also participated in theRead More

Bureau Report LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N President Muhammad Nawaz Sharif held a meeting in Lahore on Sunday and discussed the overall political situation in the country, along with matters of international importance. According to sources, the two leaders reviewed the prevailing political landscape and exchanged views on national and regional developments. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz was also present during the meeting. The consultations came at a time when efforts to establish dialogue between the government and the opposition remain stalled. Earlier rounds of talks between theRead More

PESHAWAR/LAKKI MARWAT/DI KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Sunday launched the PTI’s long march towards Islamabad from Gandi Chowk in Lakki Marwat, saying the party would “not accept” any policy that was against the interests of the people of the province and Pashtuns. Afridi reached Lakki Marwat by helicopter to lead the PTI’s long march, which is being held to demand the release of jailed party founder and former prime minister Imran Khan. The march was launched from Gandi Chowk on the Peshawar-Karachi Indus Highway. Addressing thousands ofRead More